The University of Ghana Medical Center (UGMC) has called for a universal screening programme for early childhood to prevent hearing impairment in children.

Mrs Jemima Fynn, Chief Audiologist, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, said ear and hearing problems…

The 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) report reveals that about 13 per cent of women and 10 per cent of men in Ghana have justified child neglect as cause for wife beating.

Fewer than one in five women, 19 per cent, and men, 16 per cen…

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi has launched thrombolysis service, a medical procedure that restores paralysed stroke patients to normalcy.

The introduction of the service is seen as a major breakthrough in the treatment of strok…

The Hope For Future Generations (HFFG) , a non-governmental organization dedicated to improving health, education and socio-economic status of women, children and young people, has reiterated the called on the government to prioritise the financing o…

Four West African Cities, Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire, Dakar in Senegal, Freetown in Sierra Leone, Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso are implementing healthy food policies to address the rising rates of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).

Through the Partners…

The National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) is targeting to test 1.9 million people in 2024, as part of a comprehensive plan under the Global Fund’s Grant Cycle 7.

Using regional targets, an estimated 1.1 million pregnant women would also be tested a…

Mr. Pius Enam Hadzide, the 2024 New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate for Asuogyaman Constituency in the Eastern Region, has registered about 1000 people under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), to enable them to freely access medical …

Mr. Yao Gomado, Member of Parliament (MP) for Akan Constituency, in partnership with Life Time Wells Vision, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has organised a free eye screening exercise for the constituents.

Mr Gomado said the exercise held in …

The Centre for Plant Medicine Research – Mampong Akuapem (CPMR) is developing herbal anti-snake venom as a natural remedy to save the lives of people who are bitten by snakes.

Researchers at the Centre are currently conducting trials on the product, …

Inadequate health personnel, poor road network, lack of decent and high cost of accommodation for health staff, have been identified as key challenges militating against quality healthcare delivery in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region.
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